The Comedy of Errors
From: Tuesday, 8th March 2011
To: Saturday, 12 March 2011
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
Sets of twins, hilarious storytelling and wonderful humanity in the Bard's comic masterpiece and shortest play. Naturally, there are two cases of mistaken identity to deal with in this tale of 24 hours in the life of two sets of twins.
Our Review:
9 March 2011
In their latest performance of Comedy Of Errors, the all-male theatre- company, Propeller, prove that they are still soaring high in the league of Shakespearian adaptations.
From the farcical nature of the play, to its confusions with mistaken identity, the shortest of Shakespeare’s comedies is just perfect for an ensemble who are keen to explore the richness of his texts.
It surprises me that artistic director, Edward Hall, doesn’t want to deem his plays as ‘”accessible”... as this implies that they need “dumbing down”’. I see accessibility as a positive, bringing in the new, whilst keeping remnants of the old – preventing a work from becoming so overdone that it eventually becomes stale.
All of which Propellor achieve with overwhelming success. Whilst the cleverness and flawlessness of the language still remains, the company bring in audience interaction...
Cast
Richard Clothier
John Dougall
Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
Sam Swainsbury
Richard Frame
Jon Trenchard
Robert Hands
David Newman
Wayne Cater
Thomas Padden
Chris Myles
Dominic Tighe
Kelsey Brookfield
Tony Bell
Chris Myles
Creative
Shakepseare (Author)
Coutts (Corporate Sponsor)
Propellor (in association with the Belgrade Theatre and The Touring Partnership) (Company)
Edward Hall (Director)
Michael Pavelka (Design)
Ben Ormerod (Lighting)
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